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Gold Stater South Ferriby Legs / Transitional Type Two
| Issuer | Corieltauvi tribe (Celtic Britain) |
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| Year | 45 BC - 10 BC |
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| Weight | 5.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Highly abstract and stylised laureate head derived from the classical Macedonian stater prototype, reduced to a series of sinuous relief lines, pellets, and crescentic forms distributed across the flan. The facial elements are rendered in a distinctly Celtic abstract manner, with curved lines suggesting hair wreath and facial features disintegrated into individual decorative components. A prominent crescent motif occupies the lower field, while further pellets and curved relief lines fill the remaining surfaces. The design is uninscribed and executed in the fluid, non-representational idiom characteristic of Corieltauvian gold coinage of the late Iron Age. |
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| Reverse description | Highly stylised disjointed horse facing right, rendered in the abstract Celtic tradition with individual anatomical elements — legs, body, and head — separated into independent curvilinear forms. A central star motif, present in either six-pointed or eight-pointed form depending on the die variety (Van Arsdell 815-01, 815-05, 815-09), occupies the field near the horse. The leg lines may appear straight or curved according to die variety. Pellets and additional crescent or arc-shaped forms fill the surrounding field, and a prominent pellet-in-ring or globular terminal is visible above the horse. The composition is uninscribed and characteristic of the South Ferriby series issued by the Corieltauvi. |
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| Mintage | ND (45 BC - 10 BC) - VA 815-01: 6-pointed star, straight leg lines - ND (45 BC - 10 BC) - VA 815-05: 6-pointed star, curved leg line - ND (45 BC - 10 BC) - VA 815-09: 8-pointed star - |
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